This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: アイ、ひら.く
Romaji: ai, hira.ku
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

approach, draw near, push open

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  10
Radical Number:  64
Frequency:  2258
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-7
Korean Reading:  ae
Chinese Reading:  ai2
Unicode:  6328
JIS:  3027

Indexes

Nelson Index: 1910
New Nelson Index: 2160
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3c7.12
Four Corner Index: 5303.4
Daikanwanjiten Index: 12082
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0229
Remembering the kanji Index: 2248
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 383
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1310
Kodansha Kanji Index: 510
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1363

Words

挨拶 (あいさつ)
greeting; greetings; salutation; salute; polite set phrase used when meeting or parting from somebody; polite set phrase used to express apology, sympathy, congratulations, etc.; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge; retaliation; a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark); dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment)
挨拶は抜きで (あいさつはぬきで)
without compliments (greetings)
挨拶を交わす (あいさつをかわす)
to exchange greetings
挨拶語 (あいさつご)
greeting words; words of greeting
時候のあいさつ (じこうのあいさつ)
season's greetings (conventional way of beginning a letter)
ご挨拶 (ごあいさつ)
greeting; a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark)
挨拶まわり (あいさつまわり)
courtesy call; making the rounds
挨拶状 (あいさつじょう)
greeting card
挨拶文 (あいさつぶん)
greeting phrase (in letter, etc.); salutation
年頭のあいさつ (ねんとうのあいさつ)
New Year's greetings
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